Wedding Photographers & Videographers at John G. & Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park, Cincinnati

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100 W Mehring Way, Cincinnati, OH

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John G. & Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park is a little camera-shy (for now).

Our local photographers haven't added photos from here yet. If you're getting married here, say the word and we'll round them up. Nothing gets a photographer moving like a couple who has already booked the place.

About John G. & Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park

Wedding photos at John G. & Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park put you right on the Cincinnati riverfront, between downtown and the Ohio River. In a short walk your photographer and videographer can work with a cascading waterfall, a labyrinth, rose and flower gardens, a carousel and the Roebling Suspension Bridge in the distance. Many couples stop here between the wedding ceremony and the reception for pictures with the whole wedding party.

The Gardener Family Grove and Rose Garden and the Duke Energy Perennial Flower Garden give you color in season, and the Barr Labyrinth makes a striking pattern from above. The Great Lawn opens up wide views with the river behind you, and the waterfall adds movement and sound to a wedding film. Carol Ann's Carousel and the Anderson Pavilion are reserved through Premier Park Events, so ask them if you'd like to use those spaces for part of your wedding day. Expect a busy public park: water play, swings and the riverfront trail draw crowds on warm weekends, which affects both the frame and the sound on video.

Hours run from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Early morning or a weekday evening is quieter for wedding pictures. Larger events in the park start with the city's event form, and the parks department notes that a photography permit is required for commercial, for-profit photography or when freestanding equipment is set up, so check with your photographer before you go. The Banks, with its restaurants and parking garages, is right next door.

Plan a route for your wedding pictures: waterfall, rose garden, labyrinth, then the river.
Ask your photographer to check the city's photo permit rules for your date.
Call Premier Park Events if you want the pavilion, the rose garden or the carousel for your group.

A little about John G. & Phyllis W. Smale Riverfront Park

Named for John G. and Phyllis W. Smale, the park links downtown Cincinnati with the older riverfront parks along the Ohio. Monuments here include the Black Brigade Monument and a statue honoring a local civil rights leader.

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